Section: Feature Film Competition

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Vardan Tozija
NMK/HR/XK/FR/LU, 2023, 99 Min

Coming-of-age in post-apocalyptic times: Eight-year-old Marko grew up in the forest, alone with his father, far away from this pandemic that has turned people into zombies. But now he is old enough to explore the world – and not only has to deal with psychopaths distorted by the virus, but also with heavily armed human hunters who do evil in the name of good

What begins as a father-son togetherness between settler romance and natural mystical beauty soon develops into a dramatic fight for survival between the physical and psychological remains of civilization. Once the left their father's cocoon, Marko and Momo, as his friend is called, are defenseless against the dangers of the real world. Director Vardan Torzija had big plans for his second feature film, skillfully staging his dystopian visions on both sides of “Brazil”, “Terminator” and “The Dead Don’t Die”. In doing so, he explores his Corona-influenced generation’s attitude towards life. The two protagonists discover their world with a mixture of fear and curiosity, because everything here is life-threatening. Nevertheless, they want to get far away from this 'last frontier', out of the shady comfort zone, which the father selflessly defends with the muzzle, but also leaves no room to breathe. And then there is the desire to meet the missing mother again: hope dies last, but she dies. So in this way, one of the most breathtaking Eastern European fantasy dramas ends where it began: in loneliness. Dystopian fantasy apocalyptic drama with impressive production values.

Text: Bernd Buder

Drehbuch
Vardan Tozija, Darijan Pejovski
Kamera
Vladimir Samoilovski
Ton
Igor Popovski
Schnitt
Atanas Georgiev, Blagoja Nedelkovski
Musik
Nathanaël Bergese
Darsteller
Sasko Kocev, Toni Mihajlovski, Kamka Tocinovski, Matej Sivakov,
Aleksandar Nichovski, Bojana Gregoric, Verica Nedeska
Produzent
Darko Popov
Produktion
Focus Pocus Films
Vardan Tozija

Vardan Tozija - Vardan Tozija graduated at the Faculty of Drama Arts in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, Filmand TV directing. Also attended law studies and political science studies at theState University of Cyril and Methodius.

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